"Vast strategic manoeuvre -- perfect co-ordination -- utter rout -- ... complete demoralization ... bring the war within measurable distance of its end victory -- greatest victory in human history -- victory, victory, victory!"
George Orwell
Shi'ite Militia Breaking Into Small Groups
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070321/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_al_sadr_defectors
"BAGHDAD - The violent Shiite militia known as the Mahdi Army is breaking into splinter groups, with up to 3,000 gunmen now financed directly by Iran and no longer loyal to the firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, adding a potentially even more deadly element to Iraq's violent mix."
Iraqi Govt Says Close to Dealt With Militant Groups
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6475407.stm
"Talks are taking place between the Iraqi government and some insurgent groups, a senior Iraqi official says."
Explosion Rattles UN Chief's Iraq News Conference
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070322/wl_mideast_afp/uniraqbandiplomacy
"BAGHDAD (AFP) - A mortar blast rocked Baghdad's fortified Green Zone on Thursday as Ban Ki-moon held a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, causing the UN chief to flinch."
Iraq PM Orders Sadr Aide Released by US Forces
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070321/ts_nm/iraq_sadr_aide_dc
"BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces have released a senior aide to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on the orders of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Maliki's office said on Wednesday."
US Enlarges No-Fly Zones in Iraq
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2007-03-20-tactics-chopper_N.htm
"CAMP SPEICHER, Iraq — The U.S. military is countering a recent wave of Iraqi insurgent attacks on helicopters by limiting the airspace where U.S. pilots can fly."
Thursday: 3 GIs, 21 Iraqis Killed; 30 Iraqis Wounded
http://antiwar.com/updates/?articleid=10709
"At least 21 Iraqis were killed or found dead today and 30 were wounded during light violence. Three American servicemen were killed in separate incidents as well. Also, a mortar rocked a building where UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki were giving a press conference."
Democrats in Disarray Over Iraq Bill
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/20/AR2007032000840_pf.html
"One of the Democrats' chief designated vote counters, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), is actively working against the Iraq war spending bill. The leadership's senior chief deputy whip, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), spoke passionately against it on the House floor. And one of the whip organization's regional representatives, Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), is implacably opposed."
House Democrats in Last-Minute Budget Haggling Over Iraq
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070321/pl_afp/usiraqpolitics
"WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democrats in the US House of Representatives engaged in last-minute haggling Wednesday on the eve of an expected debate over a controversial 124 billion dollar budget supplemental to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan"
Antiwar Dems Near Defeat on Spending Bill
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0307/3223.html
"The most outspoken critics of the $124 billion wartime spending bill in the House are facing withering support in their fight"
Senators Set Iraq Deadline in War Bill
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070321/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq
"WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats on Wednesday revived legislation urging President Bush to bring combat troops home from Iraq in a year, attaching the plan to a $122 billion measure needed to fund the war."
US Defense Spending Highest Since WWII
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/16935815.htm
"WASHINGTON - As the Iraq war enters a fifth year, the conflict that President Bush's aides once said would all but pay for itself with oil revenues is fueling the highest level of defense spending since World War II."
No One Blinks, Yet, on US Attorney Firings
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0322/p01s02-uspo.html
"WASHINGTON - As they trade threats and bluster over whether top White House aides will publicly testify about the firings of federal prosecutors, Congress and the Bush administration seem headed for a constitutional confrontation."
FBI Violations May Number 3,000, Official Says
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/20/AR2007032000921_pf.html
"The Justice Department's inspector general told a committee of angry House members yesterday that the FBI may have violated the law or government policies as many as 3,000 times since 2003 as agents secretly collected the telephone, bank and credit card records of U.S. citizens and foreign nationals residing here."
MORE STORIES
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Thursday, March 22, 2007
March 21, 2007 - Wednesday
March 21, 2007 - Wednesday
1463 days into the war.
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ: 3223
]U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED IN IRAQ: 24042
http://www.michaelmoore.com
IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS
(MINIMUM): 59326
(MAXIMUM): 65160
(LANCET ESTIMATE) 638,000
http://www.iraqbodycount.net
COST OF THE WAR SO FAR (ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST MILLION): $410,169,000,000
http://www.costofwar.com
Please note that the above figures, from the IBC website, are NOT estimates of total Iraqi civilians killed as a result of the US invasion and its aftermath. Rather, they are a count of Western-reported verifiable violent deaths, and likely to be a small percentage of the true figure. Les Roberts, author of the Lancet Report, believes the actual number may now be as high as 300,000.
The First Lancet Report
http://www.thelancet.com/webfiles/im...3606694919.pdf
Study Claims Iraq's 'Excess' Death Toll Has Reached 655,000
By David Brown
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
A team of American and Iraqi epidemiologists estimates that 655,000 more people have died in Iraq since coalition forces arrived in March 2003 than would have died if the invasion had not occurred.
The estimate, produced by interviewing residents during a random sampling of households throughout the country, is far higher than ones produced by other groups, including Iraq's government.
It is more than 20 times the estimate of 30,000 civilian deaths that President Bush gave in a speech in December. It is more than 10 times the estimate of roughly 50,000 civilian deaths made by the British-based Iraq Body Count research group.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...001442_pf.html
The Second Lancet Report
http://web.mit.edu/CIS/pdf/Human_Cost_of_War.pdf
wikipedia summary of casualties
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_war_casualties
Faces of the Fallen – Photos of the US dead
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/fallen/
Photo exhibition of US wounded
http://www.purpleheartsbook.com/
Excellent website
http://www.icasualties.org/oif/
Flags of the Fallen
http://apps.dailyemerald.com/pages/multimedia/iraq_count/index.html
Benchmarks for this thread:
Body Count Begun: 10/27/05
Cost Count Begun: 11/19/05
Iraqi Civilian Deaths (Maximum) Count Begun: 2/28/06
U.S. Military Wounded Count Begun: 7/5/06
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ: 2000
IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS (MINIMUM): 26690
IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS (MINIMUM): 32153
U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED COUNT: 18490
COST OF THE WAR (ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST MILLION): $220,817,000,000
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ IN 2005 - 841
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ IN 2004 – 846
Total Deaths All 9/11 Attacks - 3,030
Total Injured All 9/11 Attacks - 2,337
The World Trade Center
New York City
Total Deaths WTC 9/11 Attack - 2,792
Total Injured WTC 9/11 Attack - 2,261
The Pentagon & Flight 93
Washington & Shanksville
Total Deaths 9/11 Attack
The Pentagon – 188
Total Injured 9/11 Attack
The Pentagon – 76
Total Deaths United Airlines Flight 93
Shanksville, PA – 40
http://vikingphoenix.com/news/stn/20...casualties.htm
RED DAVE
1463 days into the war.
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ: 3223
]U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED IN IRAQ: 24042
http://www.michaelmoore.com
IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS
(MINIMUM): 59326
(MAXIMUM): 65160
(LANCET ESTIMATE) 638,000
http://www.iraqbodycount.net
COST OF THE WAR SO FAR (ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST MILLION): $410,169,000,000
http://www.costofwar.com
Please note that the above figures, from the IBC website, are NOT estimates of total Iraqi civilians killed as a result of the US invasion and its aftermath. Rather, they are a count of Western-reported verifiable violent deaths, and likely to be a small percentage of the true figure. Les Roberts, author of the Lancet Report, believes the actual number may now be as high as 300,000.
The First Lancet Report
http://www.thelancet.com/webfiles/im...3606694919.pdf
Study Claims Iraq's 'Excess' Death Toll Has Reached 655,000
By David Brown
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
A team of American and Iraqi epidemiologists estimates that 655,000 more people have died in Iraq since coalition forces arrived in March 2003 than would have died if the invasion had not occurred.
The estimate, produced by interviewing residents during a random sampling of households throughout the country, is far higher than ones produced by other groups, including Iraq's government.
It is more than 20 times the estimate of 30,000 civilian deaths that President Bush gave in a speech in December. It is more than 10 times the estimate of roughly 50,000 civilian deaths made by the British-based Iraq Body Count research group.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...001442_pf.html
The Second Lancet Report
http://web.mit.edu/CIS/pdf/Human_Cost_of_War.pdf
wikipedia summary of casualties
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_war_casualties
Faces of the Fallen – Photos of the US dead
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/fallen/
Photo exhibition of US wounded
http://www.purpleheartsbook.com/
Excellent website
http://www.icasualties.org/oif/
Flags of the Fallen
http://apps.dailyemerald.com/pages/multimedia/iraq_count/index.html
Benchmarks for this thread:
Body Count Begun: 10/27/05
Cost Count Begun: 11/19/05
Iraqi Civilian Deaths (Maximum) Count Begun: 2/28/06
U.S. Military Wounded Count Begun: 7/5/06
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ: 2000
IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS (MINIMUM): 26690
IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS (MINIMUM): 32153
U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED COUNT: 18490
COST OF THE WAR (ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST MILLION): $220,817,000,000
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ IN 2005 - 841
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ IN 2004 – 846
Total Deaths All 9/11 Attacks - 3,030
Total Injured All 9/11 Attacks - 2,337
The World Trade Center
New York City
Total Deaths WTC 9/11 Attack - 2,792
Total Injured WTC 9/11 Attack - 2,261
The Pentagon & Flight 93
Washington & Shanksville
Total Deaths 9/11 Attack
The Pentagon – 188
Total Injured 9/11 Attack
The Pentagon – 76
Total Deaths United Airlines Flight 93
Shanksville, PA – 40
http://vikingphoenix.com/news/stn/20...casualties.htm
RED DAVE
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Four Years of WAr
March 20, 2007 - Tuesday
1462 days into the war.
4th Anniversary of the Invasion
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ: 3218
]U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED IN IRAQ: 24042
http://www.michaelmoore.com
IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS
(MINIMUM): 59326
(MAXIMUM): 65160
(LANCET ESTIMATE) 638,000
http://www.iraqbodycount.net
COST OF THE WAR SO FAR (ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST MILLION): $409,890,000,000
http://www.costofwar.com
Please note that the above figures, from the IBC website, are NOT estimates of total Iraqi civilians killed as a result of the US invasion and its aftermath. Rather, they are a count of Western-reported verifiable violent deaths, and likely to be a small percentage of the true figure. Les Roberts, author of the Lancet Report, believes the actual number may now be as high as 300,000.
The First Lancet Report
http://www.thelancet.com/webfiles/im...3606694919.pdf
Study Claims Iraq's 'Excess' Death Toll Has Reached 655,000
By David Brown
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
A team of American and Iraqi epidemiologists estimates that 655,000 more people have died in Iraq since coalition forces arrived in March 2003 than would have died if the invasion had not occurred.
The estimate, produced by interviewing residents during a random sampling of households throughout the country, is far higher than ones produced by other groups, including Iraq's government.
It is more than 20 times the estimate of 30,000 civilian deaths that President Bush gave in a speech in December. It is more than 10 times the estimate of roughly 50,000 civilian deaths made by the British-based Iraq Body Count research group.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...001442_pf.html
The Second Lancet Report
http://web.mit.edu/CIS/pdf/Human_Cost_of_War.pdf
wikipedia summary of casualties
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_war_casualties
Faces of the Fallen – Photos of the US dead
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/fallen/
Photo exhibition of US wounded
http://www.purpleheartsbook.com/
Excellent website
http://www.icasualties.org/oif/
Flags of the Fallen
http://apps.dailyemerald.com/pages/multimedia/iraq_count/index.html
Benchmarks for this thread:
Body Count Begun: 10/27/05
Cost Count Begun: 11/19/05
Iraqi Civilian Deaths (Maximum) Count Begun: 2/28/06
U.S. Military Wounded Count Begun: 7/5/06
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ: 2000
IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS (MINIMUM): 26690
IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS (MINIMUM): 32153
U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED COUNT: 18490
COST OF THE WAR (ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST MILLION): $220,817,000,000
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ IN 2005 - 841
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ IN 2004 – 846
Total Deaths All 9/11 Attacks - 3,030
Total Injured All 9/11 Attacks - 2,337
The World Trade Center
New York City
Total Deaths WTC 9/11 Attack - 2,792
Total Injured WTC 9/11 Attack - 2,261
The Pentagon & Flight 93
Washington & Shanksville
Total Deaths 9/11 Attack
The Pentagon – 188
Total Injured 9/11 Attack
The Pentagon – 76
Total Deaths United Airlines Flight 93
Shanksville, PA – 40
http://vikingphoenix.com/news/stn/20...casualties.htm
RED DAVE
1462 days into the war.
4th Anniversary of the Invasion
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ: 3218
]U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED IN IRAQ: 24042
http://www.michaelmoore.com
IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS
(MINIMUM): 59326
(MAXIMUM): 65160
(LANCET ESTIMATE) 638,000
http://www.iraqbodycount.net
COST OF THE WAR SO FAR (ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST MILLION): $409,890,000,000
http://www.costofwar.com
Please note that the above figures, from the IBC website, are NOT estimates of total Iraqi civilians killed as a result of the US invasion and its aftermath. Rather, they are a count of Western-reported verifiable violent deaths, and likely to be a small percentage of the true figure. Les Roberts, author of the Lancet Report, believes the actual number may now be as high as 300,000.
The First Lancet Report
http://www.thelancet.com/webfiles/im...3606694919.pdf
Study Claims Iraq's 'Excess' Death Toll Has Reached 655,000
By David Brown
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
A team of American and Iraqi epidemiologists estimates that 655,000 more people have died in Iraq since coalition forces arrived in March 2003 than would have died if the invasion had not occurred.
The estimate, produced by interviewing residents during a random sampling of households throughout the country, is far higher than ones produced by other groups, including Iraq's government.
It is more than 20 times the estimate of 30,000 civilian deaths that President Bush gave in a speech in December. It is more than 10 times the estimate of roughly 50,000 civilian deaths made by the British-based Iraq Body Count research group.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...001442_pf.html
The Second Lancet Report
http://web.mit.edu/CIS/pdf/Human_Cost_of_War.pdf
wikipedia summary of casualties
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_war_casualties
Faces of the Fallen – Photos of the US dead
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/fallen/
Photo exhibition of US wounded
http://www.purpleheartsbook.com/
Excellent website
http://www.icasualties.org/oif/
Flags of the Fallen
http://apps.dailyemerald.com/pages/multimedia/iraq_count/index.html
Benchmarks for this thread:
Body Count Begun: 10/27/05
Cost Count Begun: 11/19/05
Iraqi Civilian Deaths (Maximum) Count Begun: 2/28/06
U.S. Military Wounded Count Begun: 7/5/06
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ: 2000
IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS (MINIMUM): 26690
IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS (MINIMUM): 32153
U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED COUNT: 18490
COST OF THE WAR (ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST MILLION): $220,817,000,000
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ IN 2005 - 841
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ IN 2004 – 846
Total Deaths All 9/11 Attacks - 3,030
Total Injured All 9/11 Attacks - 2,337
The World Trade Center
New York City
Total Deaths WTC 9/11 Attack - 2,792
Total Injured WTC 9/11 Attack - 2,261
The Pentagon & Flight 93
Washington & Shanksville
Total Deaths 9/11 Attack
The Pentagon – 188
Total Injured 9/11 Attack
The Pentagon – 76
Total Deaths United Airlines Flight 93
Shanksville, PA – 40
http://vikingphoenix.com/news/stn/20...casualties.htm
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